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[Audrey Whitefield <a.whitefield@quest.org.uk>]

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Jan. 27, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.1.4.4]

NIGERIA: BISHOP ELENWO RECOVERING

(ACNS) Last month, the Rt Revd Samuel Elenwo, Bishop of Niger Delta
North,
was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted burglary at his
official
residence in Port Harcourt.  (see ACNS 97.1.3.8.) After receiving
conflicting reports about the health of Bishop Elenwo, ACNS rang his
home
on 22 January. We are pleased to report that Bishop Elenwo is now out of
hospital and at home recovering from his ordeal.

                                                              
SCOTLAND: ST COLUMBA GETS HIS OWN TARTAN AFTER 1400 YEARS

(Scottish Episcopalian) St Columba's Church, Gruline, Mull, Scotland had
a
Church roof problem. To solve the problem will cost the congregation
20,000 and a fundraising appeal had to be launched. The Church came up
with an unusual fundraising idea, a tartan (distinctive check design
from
Scotland often made up into cloth) for St Columba of Iona.This year is
the
1400th anniversary of Columba's death and the anniversary will be marked
by
many special events attracting thousands of pilgrims and visitors to
Mull
and Iona this year.

A tartan using the natural colours of the island was designed and woven
by
the tartan historian and handloom weaver Peter MacDonald of Crieff.  The
tartan echoes the story of St Columba and of Iona. The colours include:
dark blue for the sea of Ireland and Iona; pale blue for the shallows
around the isle; cream for the white shell sand; brown for the seaweed
and
lichen; pale green for the boggy pastures; dark green for the grass;
grey
for the ancient rocks and purple for the heather flower. Within the
design
is a clearly visible distinctive cross, symbolic of the Church Columba
established. Ten yards of the precious fabric have now been woven, and
have
been blessed by the Bishop of Argyll. The Church now hopes that others
will
use this unique design and help to keep the roof on St Columba's at
Gruline, Mull.